Latest posts tagged with #Buttermere on Bluesky
Prints of the beautiful @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social painted on #VintageMaps which are at least 50 years old
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A Lakeland scene on a winters day with the low sun almost completely in shade. Taken at Buttermere in the English Lake District. Two Herdwick Sheep stand grazing on the grass in the foreground. Behind them is a fence and a row of trees with a tiny glimpse of the lake on the right. High above these are some of the Western fells: Fleetwith Pike (partially in the sun) Green Crag and Haystacks (both in the shade). 95% of all Herdwick sheep are found in Cumbria, making them an iconic symbol of the area's landscape and cultural heritage. Herdwicks are known for being the hardiest of all British hill sheep breeds, well-suited to the harsh conditions of the high fells. Lambs are born black, and their fleece turns a distinctive grey with a white head as they mature. The breed has a natural "hefting" instinct, meaning they tend to stay on their specific area of the fell without extensive fencing. Beatrix Potter, the author and illustrator, was a keen Herdwick breeder and played a key role in preserving the breed.
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Herdwicks and Haystacks at Buttermere,Cumbria (Jan 2025)
Herdwick sheep are a hardy, native breed to the Lake District fells
Fleetwith Pike,Green Crag & Haystacks in the background
#buttermere #lakedistrict #cumbria #herdwick #nature #photography #eastcoastkin
Postbox in Buttermere, Cumberland. PostboxMap.co.uk
A Queen Elizabeth II Lamp Box in Buttermere, Cumberland. View it here: postboxmap.co.uk/postbox/699c6649894e8ee5... #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #Buttermere
Postbox in Buttermere, Cumberland. PostboxMap.co.uk
New on the map: a King George VI Wall Box in Buttermere, Cumberland. View it here: postboxmap.co.uk/postbox/699c60ea894e8ee5... #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #Buttermere
Resting place for this piece of #Wood is the shore of #Buttermere.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Landscapephotography #Photography #Lakedistrict #lakes #mountains
#Buttermere in the @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social #Cumbria painted on a #VintageMap from 1965
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A photograph of a wire fence extending into a lake, its lower half submerged after heavy rain. The long exposure has smoothed the water into a calm, glasslike surface without reflections, broken only by the dark fence posts and the fine grid of wire. In the distance, a steep mountain rises sharply, framed by surrounding hills under a brooding sky.
'BUTTERMERE AND FLEETWITH PIKE'
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A wire fence stretches into Buttermere’s calm waters beneath a brooding Fleetwith Pike, Lake District 🏴
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A peaceful Lakeland scene on a bright winters day. Taken at Buttermere in the English Lake District. The calm lake is steel grey in colour with a blue hue from the reflection of the bright blue sky. In the centre foreground is a barely visible solitary male Mallard duck with some circular ripples surrounding the duck. The duck is reflected in the lake. In the left background are fells completely in the shade from the low winter sun with the highest to lowest running left to right. In the centre background is a sunlit fell (Mellbreak) which has quite a flat top from a distance. It is covered in green and brown vegetation.
Rob's #BirdOfTheDay today is #Reflections any bird reflection, Alt is #Paridae (any of the Tits).
Here's a solitary Mallard duck reflected in Buttermere with a sunlit Mellbreak fell behind in the low winter sun
#ukwildlife #birds #nature #lakedistrict #buttermere #cumbria #photography #eastcoastkin
A moody, atmospheric watercolor and ink illustration of the Cumbrian fells under a heavy, indigo sky. A single, ancient stone wall winds up a steep, heather-covered hillside, caught in a dramatic shaft of silver light breaking through storm clouds. Focus on wet-on-wet textures, deep shadows, and a sense of vast, poetic solitude.
"If you could teleport to one location in the Lake District right now, where would it be? I’m voting for the shores of Buttermere. Let’s daydream together in the comments.
#Buttermere #TravelDreams #UKTravel #Escapism #InteractivePost"
My latest painting, finished a few days ago. "Bowderbeck Cottage" Oil on canvas panel 16 by 20 inches. Many thanks to Robert Stevens for the beautiful reference photo. #oilpainting #art #artist #landscapeartist #landscape #buttermere #cumbria
Causey Pike, 637 m
Derwent Fells
Crummock Water
Bassenthwaite Lake
Christmas Eve cycling in the Lake District.
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9 flood alerts cover wider areas including #Carlisle, #Buttermere, #Grasmere, #PooleyBridge, Bowness on Windermere, #Appleby.
Stay alert, check updates and follow guidance to stay safe: thefloodhub.co.uk/am-i-at-risk...
#FloodAlert #FloodWarning #FloodSafety
Golden gorse growing the shores of Buttermere, enjoying the view of the surrounding mountains like we were!
#SundayYellow from the shores of #Buttermere last Tuesday, golden gorse admiring the fabulous silhouette of Haystacks. #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers
A magnificent many stemmed tree by Buttermere yesterday
#ThickTrunkTuesday What a fantastic chonk of a #tree by the shore of #Buttermere yesterday. Magnificent root structure. #Cumbria #VisitCumbria
Fabulous light over Buttermere, Cumbria today, lighting up gorse, cladonia, lighting up the bracken on the hills and of course a friendly robin joined our walk and a lovely herdy sheep.
#JoinMeOnMyWalk Fabulous circuit of #Buttermere this morning, such wonderful light on the water and clouds in the sky making it a very photogenic trip! #VisitCumbria @photohour.bsky.social #hiking #vitaminN
Fast #water #waterfall #buttermere #cumbria #thelakedistrict #depthoffield #bokeh #photo #photography
Buttremere, Lake District. Inspired by a weekend spent exploring the fells of the Lakes. I walked up to Haystack and at the summit was greeted with sweeping views over #Buttermere and Crummock Water. 👉
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HAYSTACKS BECALMED
From a fabulous peaceful morning at Buttermere with sublime conditions.
#buttermere #haystacks #fsprintmonday #sharemondays2025
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A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows a view looking up to the mountains from a position on the pebbly shore. A wooden fence on the left proceeds into the water and a large tree can be seen over the fence. On the other side of the lake is a rocky mountain and a small wooded area.
Lake Buttermere, Cumbria from 2013
A simple photograph from the shoreline of the lake looking at the mountains on the opposite bank. Used a very basic camera 🙂
#ColorADay #BWFri #monochrome #scape #PhotoOfTheDay #PhotographyLovers #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #mountains #Buttermere #LandscapePhotography
Robinson reflected in an almost mill-pond-smooth Buttermere, from the Scarth Gap Pass. Happy October, everybody!
#Buttermere #reflection #Robinson #Wainwright #October #View #England #Lake #Lakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
For current listeners of #TheArchers this beautiful picture might go some way to compensating for the whole Ash/swim storyline. #Buttermere #TheLakes
Hairy Coo!
Loved these guys at Buttermere, may be time soon for another visit to see how they're getting on..
#Photography #Cows #Buttermere #LakeDistrict #Farm #HighlandCow #Coo #OMSystem #MicroFourThirds
A Lakeland scene in the Buttermere valley on a bright winters day. Herdwick Sheep graze on the steep grassy slope of a fell. Their fleeces are a mixture of mainly black, grey and white. Their faces and legs are white. In the background are some rocky fells rising above the valley bottom and the line of trees behind the sheep. The lower green and brown slopes are in shade, the grey craggy summit is highlighted by the low winter sun. Traditional stone walls are visible at the bottom of the slope in the valley. The sky is pale blue.
#BlueSkyArtShow Cumbria is #Home to the Herdwick breed of sheep, grazing on the steep slope of the fell.
Buttermere valley with Fleetwith Pike on the left, Green Crag in the centre & part of Haystacks on the right.
#lakedistrict #cumbria #buttermere #herdwicksheep #nature #photography #eastcoastkin
